[Intel-gfx] [RFC 00/22] Gen7 batch buffer command parser

[Daniel Vetter]

On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 04:42:11PM +0800, Xiang, Haihao wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-11-27 at 09:31 +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote: 
> > On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Xiang, Haihao <haihao.xiang at intel.com> wrote:
> > >> So are these 2nd level batches constructed by the gpu in some cases? That
> > >> would be fairly horribly to take into account with the batch checker ...
> > >
> > > It is *not* the 2nd level batch buffer (bit 22 isn't set). Only batch
> > > buffer chain is used.
> > 
> > That's not really the hard part for the command checker, the important
> > question is whether the gpu generates these batches or whether they're
> > constructed by the cpu.
> 
> Yes, some batches are generated by GPU, either by EU shaders or by BSD
> unit (batch buffer for MC on ILK).

So is ilk the only platform which does that? The command checker is only
for gen7+ (and maybe gen6).
-Daniel
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